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Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque Automated Bar-Coded System for Controlling Nuclear Materials*
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Author(s): J. Hoffman, R.P. Tyler
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Sandia National Laboratories uses an automated inventorycontrol system to account for nuclear material. This system provides advantages in…
Search and Seizure Law Practical Advice and Interpretation for Nuclear Protective Force Persons*
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Author(s): Jerry J. Cadwell
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Recent Supreme Court decisions, which interpret the 200-year-old Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, are used to provide a brief…
SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF AMERICIUM AND PLUTONIUM IN PLUTONIUM NITRATE SOLUTIONS
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Author(s): T.V. Rebagay, R.S. Lee, G.A. Huff
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A method for the simultaneous d e t e r m i n a t i o n of americiura and plutonium in reprocessing solutions using an automated on—line c…
SMARTER RADIATION MONITORS FOR SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY
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Author(s): Jack T. Markin, J.C. Pratt, P.E. Fehlau, T. Scurry, Jr.
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Radiation monitors for nuclear safeguards and security depend on internal control circuits to determine when diversion of special nuclear…
TEST AND EVALUATION OF A HIGH-SENSITIVITY ASSAY SYSTEM FOR BULK TRANSURANIC WASTE
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Author(s): J.C. Pratt, T.H. Kuckertz, J.T. Caldwell, D.A. Close, F.J. Schultz, W.E. Kunz, K.W. Haff
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During the past year, we tested and evaluated the performance of an assay system that accommodates 55-gal. drums of transuranic waste at…
THE ALARM CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ON-LINE AIR MONITOR FOR THE TRANSURANICS A Probabilistic Analysis
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Author(s): Terry Zimmerman
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One of the many promising new applications for microprocessors is in the area of online air monitoring for hazardous levels of…
THE DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM FOR THE NLO ERROR PROPAGATION EXERCISE
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Author(s): Alan M. Bieber, Bernard Keisch, Sylvester Suda, C.W. Lower, Bernard Gesslness
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An automated data acquisition system using barcoded labels was developed for an error propagation exercise to determine the limit of error…
THE IAEA: POLITICIZATION AND SAFEGUARDS
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Author(s): L. Scheinman
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The International Atomic Energy Agency is widely understood to be an essential element of an effective international nonprol if er at ion…
The Propagation of Errors in the Measure of Plutonium Isotopic Composition by Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy
Type: JNMM
Volume: 12
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Author(s): T. E. Sampson T. E. Sampson, Ray Gunnick
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We discuss methods for the propagation of errors in the determination of plutonium isotopic composition and specific power by gammaray…
THE SAFEGUARDS ACCOUNTABILITY NETWORK (SAN) AT ROCKY FLATS PLANT
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Author(s): E.M. Meredith
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The Safeguards Accountability Network (SAN) established at Rocky Flats in 1983 is a culmination of e f f o r t s by R o c k w e l l and DOE…
THE STATISTICS OF ERROR PROPAGATION AT NLO, INC.
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Author(s): Darryl J. Downing, David J. Pack
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Starting in March, 1982, the DOE Office of Safeguards and Security sponsored an error propagation exercise at the Feed Materials Production…
THE THIRD NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE: A CRITICAL DEADLINE
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Author(s): L. Manning Muntzing
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If the Non-Proliferation Treaty is to survive, the next (1985) review conference must not be, like the last one (1980), an occasion for…
UNCONVENTIONAL APPLICATIONS OF CONVENTIONAL INTRUSION DETECTION SENSORS
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Author(s): James D. Williams, John C. Matter
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A number of conventional intrusion detection sensors exists for the detection of persons entering buildings, moving within a given volume,…
Undeclared Material and the Limitations of International Safeguards
Type: JNMM
Volume: 12
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Author(s): M. J. Canty, Gotthard Stein
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Attention is drawn to fundamental difficulties in addressing proliferation scenarios involving undeclared nuclear material in the context…
Underwater Seal and Seal Identity Reading Instrument for Nuclear Safeguards
Type: JNMM
Volume: 12
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Author(s): V. H. Allen, J. M. McKenzie
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IAEA safeguards are suffering from an erosion of confidence, at a time when the number of safeguarded facilities is growing rapidly,…
USE OF THE BARNWELL NUCLEAR FUEL PLANT AS AN INTERNATIONAL PLUTONIUM STORAGE FACILITY
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Author(s): L.L. Thomas
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The Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant (BNFP) is a large scale commercial fuel reprocessing plant located near Barnwell, South Carolina that could…
USE OF TRACERS IN MATERIALS HOLDUP STUDY
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Author(s): K.K.S Pillay
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Holdup measurements of special nuclear materials in large processing facilities offer considerable challenges to conventional…
VEHICLE SNM MONITORS: RESULTS OF AN EVALUATION
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Author(s): P.E. Fehlau
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Several types of radiation monitors, designed to search motor vehicles for special nuclear materials at area exit gates, were constructed…
VERIFICATION OF THE NEAR REAL TIME ACCOUNTANCY DATA
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Author(s): Rudolf Avenhaus, E. Leitner
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In previous papers it has been shown that under appropriate assumptions the optimal procedure for verifying the data and establishing the…
A BAYESIAN APPROACH TO THE EVALUATION OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFEGUARDS ACTIVITIES
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Author(s): Gregg W. Dixon
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A possible approach to the evaluation of accounting or inspection information is described which uses Bayes' Theorem to derive a…